Five songs faced the votes of six regional juries and a public televote, ultimately resulting in the selection of "It's for You" performed by Niamh Kavanagh as the Irish Eurovision entry.

Ireland holds the record for being the only country to win the contest three times in a row (in 1992, 1993 and 1994), as well as having the only three-time winner (Johnny Logan, who won in 1980 as a singer, 1987 as a singer-songwriter, and again in 1992 as a songwriter).

The Irish entry in 2009, "Et Cetera" performed by Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy, failed to qualify to the final.

[4] In 2008 and 2009, RTÉ had set up the national final Eurosong to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision for Ireland, with both the public and regional jury groups involved in the selection.

[5] Eurosong 2010 was the national final format developed by RTÉ in order to select Ireland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

[6][7] On 10 December 2009, RTÉ opened a submission period where artists and composers were able to submit their entries for the competition until 1 February 2010.

Five finalists were selected by a five-member jury panel appointed by RTÉ: singer and former contest winner Linda Martin, Universal Music Ireland director Mark Crossingham, agent and choreographer Julian Benson, broadcaster Larry Gogan and chairman of OGAE Ireland Diarmuid Furlong.

[10][11] The finalists were announced on 10 February 2010, while their songs were presented on 4 March 2010 during The Derek Mooney Show on RTÉ Radio 1.

[12][13][14] The national final took place on 5 March 2010 and featured guest performances from former contest winners Dana Rosemary Scallon and Johnny Logan as well as commentary from a panel that consisted of Rosemary Scallon, Logan, former contestant Michael Ball and commentator Marty Whelan.

[15] Following the 50/50 combination of votes from six regional juries and public televoting, "It's for You" performed by Niamh Kavanagh was selected as the winner.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.